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A history: Monuments to Courage, a History of Beaver County

mcbooki319p237 Early Cattlemen (cont.), Became Shipping Point for Southern Utah

the level and the thermometer stood at 32 degrees below zero for six weeks, day and night. Cattle sought protection among the pines and cedars, but they froze to death standing on their feet. Some of the smaller cattle owners were put out of business completely. The valley, in this area, was supplied with water from the Beaver River, which received its flow from the vast snow deposited each year on the watersheds in the Beaver Mountains. BECAME SHIPPING POINT FOR SOUTHERN UTAH When Milford became the railroad terminal, it naturally became the forwarding point for all of Southern Utah, and a loading place for Southern Utah cattle. The late B. F. Saunders of Salt Lake City, who at the time owned the Pike Springs Ranch in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, controlled the largest cattle herd in Utah. He was also the largest purchaser of cattle and sheep in the west. He bought and sold cattle and sheep by the thousands, and made Milford his shipping point. Milford also was a loading point for Eastern Nevada. Later, Preston Nutter took over the holdings of Mr. Saunders in Southern Utah and Arizona, and stocked the ranch with several thousand head of stock cattle. He, also, made Milford his shipping point. David McKnight of Minersville rode for Mr. Saunders from Chicken Creek to Arizona. Later, the Utah Central Railway Company was purchased by the Oregon Short Line Railway Company, and was operated by them for several years. Still later, the railroad was extended to Lund, Utah, which became a distribution center for Southern Utah and Pioche, Nevada. Three or four years later the late W. A. Clark and associates took over the Oregon Short Line from Salt Lake City to Lund. The Clark interests then built a line through to. Los Angeles. This line became known as the

the level and the thermometer stood at 32 degrees below zero for six weeks, day and night. Cattle sought protection among the pines and cedars, but they froze to death standing on their feet. Some of the smaller cattle owners were put out of business completely. The valley, in this area, was supplied with water from the Beaver River, which received its flow from the vast snow deposited each year on the watersheds in the Beaver Mountains. BECAME SHIPPING POINT FOR SOUTHERN UTAH When Milford became the railroad terminal, it naturally became the forwarding point for all of Southern Utah, and a loading place for Southern Utah cattle. The late B. F. Saunders of Salt Lake City, who at the time owned the Pike Springs Ranch in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, controlled the largest cattle herd in Utah. He was also the largest purchaser of cattle and sheep in the west. He bought and sold cattle and sheep by the thousands, and made Milford his shipping point. Milford also was a loading point for Eastern Nevada. Later, Preston Nutter took over the holdings of Mr. Saunders in Southern Utah and Arizona, and stocked the ranch with several thousand head of stock cattle. He, also, made Milford his shipping point. David McKnight of Minersville rode for Mr. Saunders from Chicken Creek to Arizona. Later, the Utah Central Railway Company was purchased by the Oregon Short Line Railway Company, and was operated by them for several years. Still later, the railroad was extended to Lund, Utah, which became a distribution center for Southern Utah and Pioche, Nevada. Three or four years later the late W. A. Clark and associates took over the Oregon Short Line from Salt Lake City to Lund. The Clark interests then built a line through to. Los Angeles. This line became known as the